In Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper” and Zora Neale Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God‚ the idea of women being subordinate to men is prominent. The main female characters are berated for their alleged incompetence and are subject to repression of their true selves. However‚ when the men are subjected to similar conditions‚ they prove to be much weaker than stereotypes would suggest. In both stories‚ the authors depict the ironies of conventional society to show how despite men’s
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the pear tree." Logan made her realize that women should be treated with dignity and respect. (Hurston 13) In her second marriage with Jody‚ Janie is restricted and she Jody gets jealous when she’s around other men. This made her realize that a man should have faith in his wife and give her freedom to experience life. "Janie pulled back a long time because Jody did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees." (Hurston 28) Her dream of the pear tree did not come until her third marriage with
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she blossoms herself‚ and recognizes a need to be treated with respect. “Logan Killicks was desecrating the pear tree”. The symbolism of the pear tree continues with Jody. This is the marriage where men need to have enough respect for their wife to trust them and give them their own space. “Janie pulled back a long time because [Jody] did not represent sun-up and pollen and blooming trees”. The trilogy of marriages ends with Tea Cake. “[Tea Cake] looked like the love thoughts of women. He could be
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her husbands while she was married to them‚ as well as how she fell out of love with them. First of all‚ the poem shows how Janie felt about Jody after a while into their marriage with the line‚ “Love vanished like an amateur magician‚ everyone could see the trapdoor but me” (Kay‚ Kaye). I think this relates to when Janie began to fall out of love with Jody‚ but instead of happening abruptly like in the poem‚ it happened to Janie over time. I think it also shows how Janie thought Joe would be her
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In The Yearling‚ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings depicts Penny Baxter as a hardworking father wanting the best and willing to do anything for his family. In chapter one‚ Jody returns from playing in the woods and sees his father chopping wood. Distressed‚ Jody thinks “[h]e was doing Jody’s work‚ and in his good coat” (9). Penny Baxter’s readiness to do Jody’s chores so the family can have firewood reveals his strong work ethic. Penny wants his son to play and his wife to have wood‚ so he shoulders extra
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reflective of the theme of the book or how the main character is feeling at that moment‚ however‚ in Their Eyes Were Watching God the weather and plant life is reflective of Janie’s three relationships. Joe‚ or Jody‚ Starks is Janie’s second husband‚ but out of the three of them‚ he is her worst. Jody and Janie’s relationship is the representative of the hurricane at the end of the book. The reason for this comparison is because their relationship started off well
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something doesn’t turn out to be was is was before. This could be possible example with the illusion of Janie’s marriage. Jody seems to be unhappy to the fact that everyone believes that Janie’s is his daughter. However‚ Jody’s attitude at this point in the story seems to be mainly relaxing as he soon mold Janie into his ideal “perfect wife”. Janie hates Jody domineering nature. Jody refuses to accepts Janie for what she is and instead‚ he tries to shape her into his image of the type of woman that
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wrong in the regards of love‚ which led her to Jody. If Nanny didn’t tell her to find a man that provided for her she wouldn’t have been forced to marry Logan and then run away from him to Jody. Janie harbored resentment towards Jody because of his controlling and abusive ways. He controlled everything from how she worked to who her friends were and everything in between all because of his paranoia of her leaving him At the end of their relationship Jody found out about Janie’s harbored resentment but
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but did it for her in her first marriage‚ than her second went into it because she knew her grandmother would approve‚ but on the third one it all changed. Janie finally lived and loved her own way with Tea Cake and learned from Logan Killicks and Jody Starks. Janie saw herself being unhappy‚ when she was pulled into a relationship she did not want to be in with Logan Killicks. Janie was forced to marry Logan by her grandmother‚ she did not want Janie to be kissing and hugging up on just any man
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